Salem Abbey

The construction of Konstanz Cathedral took place over an extremely long period from the 6th to the 19th century. It is one of the most important Romanesque churches in south-western Germany, although renovation between 1420 and 1520 gave it a Gothic appearance. The church was the meeting place of the Council of Constance (1414-1418), which put an end to the western schism.

The Schlosskirche was part of the Hofen Monastery, built between 1695 and 1702. In 1803, the imperial Weingarten Monastery, to which the Hofen Monastery belonged, was secularised. The monastery complex with the church was assigned to the Württemberg court estate, which made the church building available to the newly founded Protestant parish of Friedrichshafen in 1812. On 28th April 1944, during a bombing raid during the Second World War, the church was severely damaged. During the reconstruction of the church from 1949 to 1954, the missing stucco was added by Josef Schnitzer in a simpler form based on old photos.

The Catholic Church of St. Petrus Canisius was built between 1927 and 1928 according to a design by Hugo Schlösser and Wilhelm Friedrich Laur. In 1938, the church was raised to the status of an independent parish church. The structure is an ostentatious three-nave basilica in the expressionist architectural style.